Disability in Alabama - Not as hard as you might think

Not surprised. Had a neighbor down the street to ask to cut my grass for pay.  After he finished, he started telling my boyfriend about how he was on disability for his back. He did use a riding lawnmower, but he also used a weed-eater.   This is the same neighbor that a couple of years ago hauled off an old refrigerator for my brother.  But he's on disability for his back.  go figure.

People on disability that don't deserve to be there-another of the worst kept secrets in the country. Not only doctors helping the scammers, but an army of lawyers too. But what's the answer when people won't report them, or if they try to do that they can't get to the "right place", and then, if they manage to do that, the "officials" won't even investigate the complaint? It seems that once they get on disability that's it, end of story.

We have been fighting the system since last October in attempts to gain approval for a replacement powered rehab wheelchair for my paraplegic son. When you attempt to report fraud to Medicaid, it appears that it's very seldom investigated. It isn't a day that goes by when I don't wake up or hurting from a physically demanding day at work and to see those who abuse the system makes my blood boil.

NAAAWWWW. Ya don't say...

Social Security Disability law firms are a cottage industry here!

"Miss Tate.....We WON!"

*GTFO my TV.....!*

i am on disability in Alabama. i had 12 years of medical records confirming my problem, and was approved almost immediately. i'm told that's quite rare, so i consider myself blessed....but when i worked as a paramedic, i had a patient once who said she was disabled. when i asked what her disability was, she said 'goodness that was back in 1982, i don't remember that long ago.'  i'd think most who are disabled would be reminded every morning when they tried to get out of bed...hg<><